1. Iraq Crude Exports Edge Up In July

    ...ightly. Baghdad has so far brought in $47bn this year, down just $800mn (see chart). If oil prices and exports hold steady, Iraq is looking at around $80bn in export revenues – just a hair behind last year’s $83.7bn and not far behind the 2011-14 days of $100/B oil when Iraq netted $85-95bn despite only ex...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 02 Aug 2019
  2. Eni & Total Strengthen Cyprus Ties

    ...months. Appraisal wells are slated for Calypso on Block 6, Glaucus on Block 10 and also at the 4.2tcf Aphrodite field, Cyprus’ first gas discovery in December 2011. This would be the second appraisal well drilled at Aphrodite: the previous one was drilled six years ago. In June the pa...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 02 Aug 2019
  3. Tunisia At The Crossroads

    ...llowing the 2011 ouster of long-time ruler Zine al Abidine Ben Ali and into a young democracy. As prime minister of the transitional government in 2011, the secularist Mr Essebsi could have caused all sorts of problems for the ‘Islamist’ Ennahda party which won the October 2011 elections. He chose not to...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 02 Aug 2019